 I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.  Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Speech A - Page 42by Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 196 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1870 - 712 pages
...probably have been very different. In his inaugural message in March 1861, President Lincoln said, " / have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere...institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." And in a letter written... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehensions. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has...to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the public speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 864 pages
...the Republic by half-adozen lines of proclamation. The president, in his inaugural address, said : " I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it now exists ; I believe that I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination... | |
 | 1864 - 494 pages
...reasonable ground for such an apprehension. I quote one of my former speeches, in which I declared that ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in states where it exists.' I believe I have no lawful right, as I have no inclination^ to do so. Those... | |
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...which a man can prove a horsechestnut to be a chestnut horse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere...institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I Lave no inclination to do so. I have no purpose to introduce... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...a man can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnut horse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere...institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. I have no purpose to introduce... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...which a man can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnuthorse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution in the States where it exists. I believe I have no right to do so. I have no inclination to do so.... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...which a man can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnuthorse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution in the States where it exists. I believe I have no right to do so. I have no inclination to do so.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...a man can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnut horse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution in the States where it exists. I believe I have no right to do so. I have no inclination to do so.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has...institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." Those who nominated and... | |
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